"The crowning evidence that Jesus was alive was not a vacant grave, but a spirit-filled fellowship. Not a rolled away stone, but a carried away church."

-- Clarence Jordan

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“Life may not be beautiful, but it is interesting.”
“I was the greenest rookie that ever was. One evening I was standing out on the sidewalk when a stranger approached and said, 'You're famous already kid. See, they've named a hotel for you.' I looked across the street and sure enough, there was a big illuminated sign that read 'Johnson Hotel.' Well, do you know that I was so green that I actually believed the man!”
“If I wrote a book about England I should call it What About Wednesday Week? which is what English people say when they are making what they believe to be an urgent appointment.”

Source : Claud Cockburn (1967). “I, Claud ...: the autobiography of Claud Cockburn”
“It was being young and sensitive and an actor. There was a lot of pressure, everything was a hurdle.”
“I'm hoping for a bench clearing brawl during the warm up so I can go out and grab his stick.”
“My job in Congress is to identify projects with federal or some other public component and then to push developers to provide employment opportunities to neighborhood residents.”

Source : "Hakeem Jeffries Interview: New York 8th Congressional District Candidate Discusses Education and Healthcare". Interview with Andrew Wilkes, mic.com. July 27, 2012.
“SeLF censorsHIP? Not my strong suit...I dont want to be a total d o u c h e b a g , but a little bit of one.”
“Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins, doesn't it? We can't be sinning in so many different ways if we are being quiet before God. Silence nourishes patience, charity, discretion.”

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